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In the game I ended up growing to size two, building an extra scout before starting a worker while teching to bronze, but I'm seeing now that I probably should have pastured the pigs ASAP as 6 food from one tile is just too much to ignore, even if the worker sits there for 30+ turns after. I don't know what I was thinking...

So after 38 turns, you've got 3 more food and 3 more hammers, but you haven't had a second scout out looking for goody huts for a lot of turns. I think I'd prefer the first option. (Plus if the Pigs are riverside, you pick up more commerce towards BW).

All this is assuming you haven't settled on a plains hill. And someone check my numbers, especially 'cuz I'm not used to Epic.

And you definitely want the second worker shortly after BW is finished, before building a settler.

So after 38 turns, you've got 3 more food and 3 more hammers, but you haven't had a second scout out looking for goody huts for a lot of turns. I think I'd prefer the first option. (Plus if the Pigs are riverside, you pick up more commerce towards BW).

All this is assuming you haven't settled on a plains hill. And someone check my numbers, especially 'cuz I'm not used to Epic.

And you definitely want the second worker shortly after BW is finished, before building a settler.

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Thanks Lilnev - good breakdown. The capital was not on a hill, and the pigs were not riverside. I basically followed Option 1, except my tech order was Mining-BW-AH - which looks like a mistake.

Worker #1 should put a pasture on the pigs and then chop out a second worker. The two workers can chop a settler. One then stays to improve the capitol and one goes with the settler to improve the new city.

As DaveMcW would say, the goal at the beginning is to get as many improved tiles (especially improved resource tiles) worked as fast as possible. You need to get a worker and get the pigs going. (And if you dont have BW yet, farm that Floodplain if you have Agriculture)

"When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning" - Reiner Knizia

It is SLIGHTLY faster but depending on your game speed you'll only be gaining a few turns (on quick speed it's 1 turn for most starts). It also wastes an extra tree, but that shouldn't be a problem if you are tree abundant. The main advantage that I find though is the metal you (hopefully) find when you tech bronze. Chariots are nice, but axemen are just so much better for early warring on a lot of maps and I find bronze more common than horse anyways.